Giovanni Francesco Caroto (1480 – 1555). Copper Engraved Folding Plate Depicting a Roman Naumachia, or Mock Naval Battle, at the Romam Theatre in Verona, Italy. Plate 96. Circa 1764. Plate measures approximately 14.5 x 20 inches. Blank to verso.
[Trade Cards] Anonymous Handmade Scrapbook Featuring Chromolithograph Trade Cards, Circa 1890. Contains approx. 270 individual pieces, mostly chromolithograph trade cards, post cards, and other illustrations. Quarto. 30 leaves. Contemporary green pictorial cloth album, spine and front cover lettered and decorated in gilt and red, rear cover in blind. Occasional.....
Anonymous. Early 19th Century (?) Handmade Crocheted Lace Sample Book. Crocheted cotton lace sewn to five red leather leaves, 23 separate samples in all. Measures approx. 3 x 2.75 inches. From the collection of Edward Hoyenski.
Arthur Dorros. Original Drawing of a Hippo in a Suit Mailing a Letter, Framed with an Autograph Note Signed to Dr. Dornish, April 19, 2007. Text of letter, in part: “Dear Dr. Dornish, Thank you for your interest in my work and for including it with your collection…” Drawing and.....
John James Audubon. Octavo Print from Audubon’s Quadrupeds of America: American Red Fox. Circa 1849 – 1854. Lithograph plate depicting the “American Red Fox”. Plate LXXXVII, No 18. Printed by J. T. Bowen of Philadelphia. Measures approx. 7 x 10.5 inches. Untrimmed.
John James Audubon. Octavo Print from Audubon’s Birds of America: Florida Cormorant. Circa 1840 – 1844. Original lithograph plate depicting the “Florida Cormorant”. Plate 417, No 84. Printed by J. T. Bowen of Philadelphia. Measures approx. 6.5 x 10 inches. Untrimmed. Includes eight text pages.
ohn James Audubon. Group of Four Octavo Prints from Audubon’s Quadrupeds of America: Depicting Squirrels. Circa 1949 – 1854. Four lithograph plates depicting various squirrels. Includes: Plate V, No 1, “Richardson’s Columbian Squirrel”; Plate VII, No. 2, “Carolina Grey Squirrel”; Plate XLVII, No. 10, “Douglass Squirrel”; and Plate CXLIX.....
Karen Barbour. An Apparently Unused Double Page Spread from Her Book, Little Nino’s Pizzeria, [c. 1987]. Signed at lower right corner. Gouache on paper. Sight approximately 8 x 13”. Matted and framed under plexiglass. Frame size approximately 12 x 17”. From the J. Robert and Alice Dornish Collection of.....
[Costume Design] Lucien Besché, artist. Group of Ten Watercolor Drawings for Stage Production “Nadgy”, circa 1886. Lucien Besché, French artist (1851 – 1901). Ten original watercolor drawings depicting various costume designs for French stage production Nadgy, circa 1886. Each SIGNED by Lucien Besché. Ink and watercolor on.....
Frank Brangwyn, artist (1867 – 1956). Folding Lithograph Color Plate: The Pageant. London: Fleetway Press, 1924. Taken from The Pageant of British Empire: souvenir volume, presented by the London and North Eastern Railway. Measures approx. 15.5 x 43.5 inches.
![Item #1988 The Jackson Twins Original Comic Art, December, 1973 [Inscribed]. Dick Brooks](https://inkqrarebooks.cdn.bibliopolis.com/pictures/1988.jpg?width=320&height=427&fit=bounds&auto=webp&v=1759351945)
Dick Brooks. The Jackson Twins Original Comic Art, Dated December 20th, 1973. Inscribed by Dick Brooks: “Best wishes to Bill Fillebrown from Dick Brooks.” Original art for three-panel comic strip. Ink on card, with paste-over revision. Measures approximately 6.75 x 21 inches. Blank to verso.
![Item #1983 Original Inscribed Comic Drawing, Undated [Signed]. John Caldwell](https://inkqrarebooks.cdn.bibliopolis.com/pictures/1983.jpg?width=320&height=427&fit=bounds&auto=webp&v=1759347182)
John Caldwell, American cartoonist (1946 – 2016). Felt-tip marker on paper. Original drawing depicting Caldwell buried in a pile of papers with the caption: “Shaun – Somehow I Misplaced Your letter In This Messy Office of Mine… But I Finally Located It! Now, Where’s My Laundry?” Undated. Signed by John.....
Nicholas J. Certo, editor. Ben P. Indick, introduction. Hannes Bok: Drawings and Sketches. Circleville, NY: Mugster Press, 1996. Limited edition, one of 40 hardbound copies with an original drawing by Bok, this copy out of series. Quarto. 66pp. Illustrated with numerous works by Bok. Publisher's black pictorial cloth, spine and front cover lettered and.....
Excellent Folio-size Chromolithographic Print of Early Book Binding (On Manuscript Dated 1356) Plate No. XXV: Illustration 33. Print is from: Dr. Adolf Schmidt. Book bindings from the XIV. -XIX. Century in the Darmstadt State Library, selected and described by Dr. Adolf Schmidt, director of the library. Leipzig: Karl W. Hiersemann, 1921. Heavy.....
[Chromolithograph] St. John's School Inspection Certificate January, 1899 Victorian school inspection certificate printed in chromolithograph. St. John’s School, Paddington, UK. Dated January 9th, 1889. Measures approx. 8 7/8 x 11.75 inches.
Original 8 x 10 Black and White Photo Depicting Calvin Coolidge on White House lawn with 1923 cabinet. Signed by Secretary of War John W. Weeks and President Calvin Coolidge. From left to right, seated: Postmaster General Harry S. New, Secretary of War John W. Weeks, Secretary of.....
Palmer Cox, Canadian artist (1840 – 1924). Author and illustrator of the Brownie series of books. Ink on card. Measures approximately 3.5 x 4.5 inches. Pencil notes to verso. Light toning, tape residue to verso. Very good.
![Item #2353 50 Books + 5 Bastards [Signed]. Michael Deyermond](https://inkqrarebooks.cdn.bibliopolis.com/pictures/2353.jpg?width=320&height=427&fit=bounds&auto=webp&v=1765493068)
Michael Deyermond. 50 Books + 5 Bastards: A Library of Painted Books. Venice: Equator Books, 2007. Special edition, number 40 of 77 numbered copies. Signed by Michael Deyermond.Quarto. Unpaginated. Fully illustrated. Publisher's black cloth, spine and boards lettered in white.
Group of Six Plates from the Encyclopédie, Depicting Weaving/Looming Techniques for Tapestries/Turkish Rugs. Taken from Diderot & D’Alambert’s Encyclopédie, ca. 1751. Eight original engraved plates, six single, and two double-plates. Folios. Single plates measuring approx. 17 x 11, double plates approx. 17 x 20 inches. Blank to versos. Text in.....
Gil Elvgren, American artist (1914 - 1980). The Roscoe Company. American Beauties Pin-Up Calendar for 1967. St. Paul, MN: Brown & Bigelow, 1967. Approx. 9 ½ x 7 ½ inches. [12]pp. Spiral Bound, fully illustrated in color with eleven pin-up portraits by Elvgren.
![Item #2001 Original Signed Comic Gag Sketch, Undated, Circa 1950 [Signed]. Eric Ericson](https://inkqrarebooks.cdn.bibliopolis.com/pictures/2001.jpg?width=320&height=427&fit=bounds&auto=webp&v=1759435528)
Eric Ericson, American cartoonist (1914 – 1959). Pencil on paper. Original comic gag sketch captioned: “As a Matter of Fact, We Just Book Travel Tours.” Undated, Circa 1950. Signed in pencil by Eric Ericson. Measures approx. 8.5 x 11 inches.
![Item #2025 Original Signed Comic Gag Sketch, Undated, Circa 1950 [Signed]. Eric Ericson](https://inkqrarebooks.cdn.bibliopolis.com/pictures/2025.jpg?width=320&height=427&fit=bounds&auto=webp&v=1759781048)
Eric Ericson, American cartoonist (1914 – 1959). Pencil on paper. Original comic gag sketch captioned: “They Say This is a Great Sport in Minnesota.” Undated, Circa 1950. Signed in pencil by Eric Ericson. Measures approx. 8.5 x 11 inches.
Hand-Colored Folding Plate Depicting Contemporary Lady’s Fashions. Godey's Lady's Book, April 1865. Philadelphia: L. A. Godey & Co., 1865. Measures approximately 9.25.5 x 11.5 inches. Blank to verso.
Hand-Colored Folding Plate Depicting Contemporary Lady’s Fashions. Godey's Lady's Book, Dec. 1865. Philadelphia: L. A. Godey & Co., 1865. Measures approximately 9.25.5 x 11.5 inches. Blank to verso.
Hand-Colored Folding Plate Depicting Contemporary Lady’s Fashions. Godey's Lady's Book, February 1865. Philadelphia: L. A. Godey & Co., 1865. Measures approximately 9.25.5 x 11.5 inches. Blank to verso.